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Richard Mandella (trainer, Beholder, 1st) – “She ran her heart out. It was a big effort and being at her home track sure helps. I guess Santa Anita still has the magic.”
(Mandella won four Breeders’ Cup races at Santa Anita in 2003)

Garrett Gomez (jockey, Beholder, 1st) – “We figured to be on the lead unless someone did something, and she ran just to her style. She’s super fast, and she relaxed as much as I wanted her to. I tried to sneak away a little on the turn for home, and at first she did it, but then she acted like she hit a wall and I got a little nervous. But when the other filly (Executiveprivilege) came to her, she kicked on and gave me another gear. I guess she was just playing possum with me.”

Rafael Bejarano (jockey, Executiveprivilege, 2nd) – “She got a little tired at the three-eighths, but she ran all the way. When she changed leads in the stretch, she drifted out. She did that before (in the Del Mar Debutante). But she tried. She ran all the way. We just got beat.”

Todd Pletcher (trainer, Dreaming of Julia, 3rd) – “I thought she ran a little flat. She looked a little lost going to the first turn and she got shuffled back and pushed out around the turn. She put in a nice run down the backside to get into position, but just finished evenly from there.”

John Velazquez (jockey, Dreaming of Julia, 3rd) – “She just wasn’t into it. She lost her focus right from the start. She would run for a little bit, then she’d stop. She’d run on the turn, then back out of it. She just didn’t run her race today.”

Todd Pletcher (trainer, Kauai Katie, 4th) – “We got the trip we were looking for and had good position, but she couldn’t stay with the leader. We’ll probably look at sprints in the future for her.”